Highland entered their contest against Bakersfield on Thursday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. The Highland Scots were dealt an 81-44 defeat at the hands of the Bakersfield Drillers. While losing is never fun, the Scots can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 928th, while the Drillers are ranked 214th).
Bakersfield's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Rashaan Shehee, who dropped a double-double on 18 points and ten assists. Bakersfield is 10-3 when Shehee posts eight or more assists, but 2-3 otherwise. The team also got some help courtesy of Keshawn Black, who went 6 for 7 on his way to 14 points in addition to five assists and five boards.
Highland's loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 5-8. As for Bakersfield, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-6 record this season.
Highland will take on Bakersfield Christian at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Bakersfield, they and Monache will face off at 7:00 p.m. on Friday without much rest having both just played.
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